How Long to Read Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China

How Long Does it Take to Read Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China?

It takes the average reader 8 hours to read Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China by Kang Zhengguo

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“A mesmerizing read.... A literary work of high distinction.” —William Grimes, New York Times This “gripping and poignant memoir” (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of “Liberation” in 1949 through the post-Mao era. The son of a professional family, Kang Zhengguo is a free spirit, drawn to literature. In Mao’s China, these innocuous circumstances expose him at age twenty to a fierce struggle session, expulsion from university, and a four-year term of hard labor. So begins his long stay in the prison-camp system....

How long is Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China?

Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China by Kang Zhengguo is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China aloud.

What Reading Level is Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China?

Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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